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[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsquared:
Hmmm, OK I love my Thunderbolt. :D (except for the micro usb location, the EVO has it on the bottom...I'm jealous.)
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kendive:
Seems like the EVO is better in a few ways... The battery cover goes over the whole phone hence a flush cover for the extended battery...

Also and it's been out longer more assy's avab.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milan03:
Yup if you take it off the port is right under.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brianrent:
Does anyone know if you could connect an external antenna to get a little more consistent signal on the 4g. I get a signal but not that great at my house. If so what would i need?

Thanks
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerPodacter:
HTC phones for the last 3 years have all had the cellular antennas on the bottom of the phone. Most Nokia phones too. Just about every manufacturer has been doing this, minimize radiation to the brain.

The downside is your hand blocks signal so you have to learn to keep the bottom exposed to avoid signal attenuation.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g00s3y:
Keep your AT&T and iPhone problems to yourself :p
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babybacon:
only problem is that cellphones don't release ionizing radiation so there is no danger for tumors. even if it did it would be about the same amount of radiation as eating a bananna once a day.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Boss428man:
Ok so the antenna is at the bottom of the Thunderbolt... Mines not having any issues is yours?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superchilpil:
Simple fix, install adw and enable

Full rotation

Flip the phone upsidedown wala
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milan03:
I'm not sure what's the issue with the antenna. I found reception on my Bolt to be exceptional.
[EVO 4G Accessories] fixxxer2008:
So im in the market for a new battery. A higher capacity one but slimline. I do not want a different size battery door. Anybody know of any good ones for a decent price?
[EVO 4G Accessories] SilverStone641:
Great question. I'm wondering the same thing.
[EVO 4G Accessories] jeffy2walgreens:
I bought this one. I had to wait a month for it since is came from Hong Kong. I can get ~16 hours running the screen at 80% brightness, texting alot, 3g radio always on, constantly checking email. No complaints other than the time it took to ship.

http://cgi.ebay.com/High-Quality-Ba...742857?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item19c4313a09
[EVO 4G Accessories] Mike Fitz:
I was sceptical but the reviews swayed me and I tried these- http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003XOUM12

I'm pleasantly surprised, I notice a definite difference in battery life and the wall charger is a bonus. For the price it's hard to beat and delivery was within a week.
[EVO 4G Accessories] -viperboy-:
:cool:

Good thing you started a whole new thread about this instead of searching...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=925298
[EVO 4G Accessories] _MetalHead_:
I've tried them all, the galilios that I posted about in the other thread ^ are the best of the bunch.
[EVO 4G Accessories] fixxxer2008:
thanks, i just bought one from ebay. got it for $24 shipped from the US. i didn't want to buy from hong kong.
[EVO 4G Accessories] _MetalHead_:
$24??? Ouch man. I've bought tons of them and I always get them for $17 for two of them and a charger with free shipping. It usually only takes 2 weeks to get here.
[EVO 4G Accessories] fixxxer2008:
yeah it got here on monday. i charged it fully and calibrated but soo far im not too impressed with the battery life. ill let it die out totally then fully charge and see how it goes.
[EVO 4G Accessories] mrpickem:
Personally I have found these batteries no better than the stock htc red. With juice defender I get fair batt life with either...10-16 hours or so. I do find the wall charger useful as the battery never gets fully charged when charging in the phone.
[EVO 4G Accessories] iitreatedii:
There are no slim batteries that are better than stock, the only thing to increase your battery is to add a few millimeters oh my god, to your phone and get a 3500 you won't be disappointed, and yes like someone already said, use the search button next time this must be my like 6th time answering this question muskeg let alone if someone else did too, which I feel has happened too
[EVO 4G Accessories] Stuke00:
Same, I cannot tell a difference with the 2000mAh ones from Ebay.
[EVO 4G Accessories] iitreatedii:
Read my post above, there is not difference they are not rated correctly, they are anywhere form 750-1500...
[EVO 4G Accessories] fixxxer2008:
the battery i have is a 2000mAh i checked it over. seems fine to me.
[EVO 4G Accessories] S2000GTX:
i get 17-22 hours with my best buy platnium battery (seido knock off) tht i bought off ebay.. so i would disagree there are some extended battery tht does work and there are some that doesnt have the right mah...
[EVO 4G Accessories] LuvDog:
I have the 2000mah battery and its marginally better than my OEM battery.
[EVO 4G Accessories] omnirage:
The Seidio stock size extended battery sucks. Doesn't even charge past 90% anymore, and I didn't really notice a difference.
[EVO 4G Accessories] OneStepAhead:
wrong. it's in your head :) can't disagree with science!
[EVO 4G Accessories] OneStepAhead:
there isn't a real 2000mah battery for the evo, yours is most likely 1400 repackaged to say 2000. how exactly did you check it over, with your eyes? :)
[EVO 4G Accessories] -viperboy-:
The Best Buy battery isn't a Seidio knock-off - it IS a Seidio battery that they package for Best Buy.

This cool little thing called a volt meter. We have them in the 21st century, definitely should check it out.
[EVO 4G Accessories] iAmNotorious:
Got to agree with this - and in all honesty those few extra millimeters isn't that bad for the extra day of battery life you get.
[EVO 4G Accessories] thegregbradley:
Never understood the need for more than one day of battery life. Is it that bad to charge the phone overnight? I use my phone somewhat regularly throughout the day, and with a rooted phone on a custom rom you can easily get 20 hours of battery life. I'd hate for my phone to be extra thick in my pocket, maybe if it was 1997 and raver JNCO jeans were still in style.... :D (for the record, I don't wear skinny jeans, just levi's 514s).

In response to the OP, I'd agree with everyone else that it's basically hit or miss with those 2000mah batteries. They may or may not be legit, but they are hella cheap. Spend the time looking for software solutions to your battery life issues, use SetCPU or Juice Defender, or go with a rom that has voltage/mhz scaling. I get at least 20 hours, every day. CM7 on my phone, but I was getting at least 16hrs with Fresh. I hear MikFroyo and Myns are even better on battery than Fresh.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Licht_:
Ordered a pair of 2000mah Gallilio batteries. I'll be posting a small study on their comparative performance in relation to the stock 1500mah battery. I'll report back with a link.
[EVO 4G Accessories] raphenucleus:
Interested to see the study.

I've tried both the Galilio 2000mah and the no name red 1800mah and I haven't really noticed any difference from the stock battery. That said, they don't seem to be any worse than the stock battery and they're super cheap, so lately I've been using one with SBC kernels to see if I notice any long term effects of the trickle-charge modification on how well the battery can hold a charge. So far, I haven't noticed any problems caused by the SBC kernels, but its only been a few of weeks, so I guess I'll keep using SBC. I might not use the kernels if I only had the stock battery that came with the phone, but these batteries make the decision to try SBC super easy.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Gator809:
How do you do that? I'm not flaming. I'm just wondering since a voltmeter the potential difference of a component. In this case the component is a Voltage source. I believe without an amp-hour meter I don't know how you can tell how much capacity your battery actually has. The work around would be a) software that tells you on the phone or b) with the volt meter at 100% charge measure the Voltage. it should be 3.7ish.. at 5% measure it again it should also be at a 3.7ish but a lower 3.7ish. Doing some math which I don't know the formulas of, I'm not a battery expert. But I do know this, your battery is NOT a constant current source with variable voltage.
[EVO 4G Accessories] iitreatedii:
why 6 millimeters of extra phone in your pockets holding you back...
[EVO 4G Accessories] Crossrocker:
Do not like the huge bulge when wearing jeans

A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on Android OS. We now have CyanogenMod.
[EVO 4G Accessories] iitreatedii:
Yeah let me tell ya...6mms makes my legs look fat, I hate it
[EVO 4G Accessories] StevesDesigns:
I have the best buy 3500 Sedio Battery. My Evo is rooted and using SetCpu and a task manager. removed the bloat. My batt will last 2 days on a full charge. I had a bad experience swapping roms. So I am still using the factory rom.
[EVO 4G Accessories] OneStepAhead:
wait JNCOs aren't in style anymore?
[EVO 4G Accessories] OneStepAhead:
do you always give up that easily? if I refused to do things based on a previous bad experience I wouldn't be able to do much at all!
[EVO 4G Accessories] Vega:
its acually bad to let them die all the way. thats old school thinkin on the battery
[EVO 4G Accessories] Vega:
you actually have a volt meter and checked those 2000 hong kong batts
[EVO 4G Accessories] DjKurt:
I'm hoping to avoid the need to buy some sort of extended battery once I actually root my phone and install some type of custom ROM... *fingers crossed*
[EVO 4G Accessories] Vega:
just use juice defender with ultimate juice with a good rom and sbc kernal. in my opinion im golden. play with different thingd like kernals and roms see what works best for your phone. you should be ok lasting all day charge.
[EVO 4G Accessories] lineageblood:
Bought the galilio 2000mh battery and using savaged-zen kernel with savaged-zen rom. Be running about a week or two. I swapped out the battery every day to see the difference. The galilio gives be a couple more hours but not really significant. Since I got it for free by getting eBay bucks from signing up for free nextflix trial, I am not complaining.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Licht_:
I got my Galileo in a week ago. Battery life appeared to be worse but I was waiting for the priming period to complete and for my battery stats to get in tune with the battery. Took every measure possible to ensure maximum battery life. Despite this my battery life seems to be less. Though it did charge much faster (and I know that for sure.) After three days the battery died. My small study on the battery is off since I'm not forking up for another just to die on me.
[EVO 4G Accessories] EliWay:
There's actually a way to find out how much battery capacity you have. Though not exactly scientific, the method is dead simple and makes sense.

1. Buy a couple of these wall chargers on ebay, they are really cheap:

2. Load OEM battery on your phone and use until it is completely drained and your phone turns off.

3. Do the same as 2 but this time, use your ebay-bought battery.

4. Put them to charge with the wall charger. Make sure they are both charging at the same time.

5. Result! Keep an eye on the charging indicator. The battery that takes the longest to charge is the one with more capacity.

I actually find out that my launch day, used OEM original evo battery has more capacity than an extended oversized ebay one I bought rated at 3000mAh. Crazy!
[EVO 4G Accessories] mikzfan:
I will have to agree.

The only way I ended up with better battery life was by buying a 3500; and oooooooo added a few extra inches.

At moment that is the fact of life; or at least as I experienced it. No amount of appkillers, power monitors, power killers etc will solve the limitations of the stock battery. The solution is only a resort to brute force; big 3500 and extra inches.

mikzfan
[EVO 4G Accessories] dsf3g:
A few extra inches? LOL, your EVO must look like a cinder block.
[EVO 4G Accessories] SouthernEvo:
I think the poster ment to say a couple milimeters . When I ordered the battery months ago (before it was offered at bestbuy) . The day I received it and opened up the package and looked at the battery back . The first thing I said to myself is "This is the supposed hump that is just like so friggen huge and omg ugly , people are talking about ?" I would rank the increase in size to very slightly larger than if the phone was in a innocase surface case itself . Yeah it added a slight amount of weight and increased it size , which the evo isnt exactly small to start with . But still keeps things proportionate . Plus the ability to go all day and not drain the battery to 0 doing facebook , calls , texting , mp3 player etc etc and still having juice left in the tank at the end of the day (for me about 50%) . Means I have the extra reserves if I get in a pinch to use GPS navigation or other resources . Everything is set to sync on the hour , weather , facebook , gmail you name it . No way in hell I would go back to a stock battery after having this one. As for putting it in your pocket I dont do that either . I ride a Harley the phone goes in a saddlebag and when I am not on the bike its in a holster on my side . (waits for holster comments)
[General Questions and Answers] Saschwatch:
I know that typically a few "Google Experience" devices come out each year. But, has there been any speculation on what the next major Google phone will be... as in the Nexus S sequel. (I am aware this hasn't been out that long, but it isn't in the cards to upgrade now, so I'm looking to the future :P)
[General Questions and Answers] redbullcat:
I'm hoping it's a Nexus device either from HTC or Motorola - however with this 'own Motorola OS' rumour swirling around, that's looking unlikely, currently. But if the HTC Pyramid is a Nexus device, that'll be my next phone. Period. It'll be my next phone even if it isn't :P
[General Questions and Answers] Saschwatch:
Ya, I'm using an Atrix right now, and while I know it gets a lot of hate, I love the power. It's a great phone in terms of speed and potential. And, in spite of the restrictions it can do a lot. But, I want the freedom of a full on Google phone. I can't wait to hear what the Nexus 3 will be.
[General Questions and Answers] Step666:
The Nexus One was clearly designed to rival anything else at the time in terms of specs, to be a development platform that would stay relevant for as long as possible.

This was a handset designed to make a serious splash and show Google's vision and determination for the platform.

The Nexus S on the other hand is a single-sore handset in a soon-to-be dual-core world. It's the complete opposite of the Nexus One in terms of making a splash, the only news features it brought to the table were gimmicks, like the concave screen; or features that are some time away from having any mainstream significance, like NFC.

The only thing I can think of is that there's some sort reason why Google have chosen to stick with single-sores CPUs for now - lack of proper dual-core utilisation by the OS maybe? I mean, it's not much of a development platform if you start introducing new features/hardware that the OS can't make proper use of...

The next Nexus handset will be a dual-core CPU, we can be sure of that. And I personally reckon it will be launched to accompany an Android update that introduces proper dual-core optimisation.

But that's just me.
[General Questions and Answers] Award Tour:
The Galaxy S was one of the best selling Android phones. Most likely the most sales for a similar models of this generation and there's even more variations just coming out. A Nexus S device made sense. Create a platform phone that has the broadest reach in terms of compatibility. Devs can then base their apps on that consistency. The Nexus One was simliar - (how many phones had the first gen Snapdragon? Tons.). They picked right for the time frame. Dual cores came out soon after but I don't see that level of hardware consistency coming until later this year.
[General Questions and Answers] Step666:
I disagree - if they wanted a dev platform using the Hummingbird CPU, the time to release it was the same sort of time as the original Galaxy S, get it out there ASAP so that the people who needed it could start using it immediately.

They were late.

Which is not to say too late, it will still be of some use but plenty of developers will already have a Galaxy S is they want a Hummingbird-based test-bed, especially given how easy it is to get stock Android on it.

Also, whilst some manufacturers like Samsung are developing their own dual-core CPUs and HTC seem woefully tied to Qualcomm, nVidia's Tegra2 SoC does seem to have reached some level of wide-spread adoption - certainly amongst tablets and also with some of the dual-core handsets that are coming to the market. Heck, even Samsung are using it to bolster their low Exynos supplies.

It wouldn't've been too much of a gamble on Google's part to have released a Tegra2-based dev handset IMO - not really that much less consistency than there has been the past 12 months.
[General Questions and Answers] gracyj:
No idea.... please post if come to know about it.
[General Questions and Answers] Dirk:
The Nexus is a showcase phone so the next one will showcase Ice-Cream when it comes...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...h-new-Ice-Cream-Android-operating-system.html
[General Questions and Answers] I Am Marino:
I hope it's a Verizon phone, every other carrier has or will be getting a Nexus phone.

Sent from my Incredible with the XDA Premium App.
[General Questions and Answers] 4qu4rius:
Making it useless for a majority of the world... not sure I can see that happen while there are now radio chips that allow both GSM and CDMA.
[General Questions and Answers] buxtahuda:
I agree. It will definitely be using IceCream I think, and I'd definitely imagine it being HTC considering Motorola has dev's working on their own OS supposedly. Samsung and Sony pretty much do their own thing yeah?
[General Questions and Answers] Step666:
Why would Samsung be any less likely to get the nod for the next Nexus handset than HTC? Both manufacturers have produced a Nexus-branded handset each, with Google choosing to move from HTC to Samsung for the last one.

If anything, I'd say Samsung are more likely to be selected, especially given they're actually improving on their previous handsets while HTC have stagnated.

As for SE, their entire survival revolves round Android, so I would hardly describe them as 'doing their own thing'.
[General Questions and Answers] buxtahuda:
I haven't particularly kept up with it all, only started the Android craze when I got this phone. I just remember the last time I looked at a SE phone it was using its own OS. And I definitely haven't worried with Droids or Nexus's, I didn't realize that the last Nexus was Samsung, I thought they were rolling heavy just on the Galaxy series.

We all start somewhere yeah
[General Questions and Answers] tmpchr:
Should partner with HTC ... should set a standard like what N1 did.
[General Questions and Answers] viperblast:
I would choose HTC again also. I do not agree that HTC is stagnated.

The build quality of the HTC´s phones is way better than Sammy. Sammy phones all look and feel like cheep plastic.

Just my 2 cents..
[General Questions and Answers] buxtahuda:
True. I feel the same, any smartphone Samsung I've put in my hand feels like I'd lose or crush it easily. However I have noticed their screens seem a bit better in sunlight, and they do seem to try and innovate a bit. But HTC (they didn't used to be though) has finally gotten to a consistent point on quality.
[General Questions and Answers] Saschwatch:
I guess there's still no rumors yet on what the ice cream showcase phone will be... I've been scouring the internet.
[General Questions and Answers] gomike:
Hopefully google has learned to just sell their software and stay away from selling their own devices.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Towleeeie9613:
I've had a bit of trouble with pushing my bootanimation.zip to my phone. I got a .zip from here and modified it a bit so it would last longer and I wouldn't end up with a black screen for 20 seconds every time I booted. I did:

adb shell

got su

mounted rw on /system

exited adb shell

pushed the bootanimation.zip to /system/media

got confirmation

went back to adb shell

mounted ro on /system

exited

Now, I restart my phone to confirm it worked, but I just get a black screen until my lock screen loads. I attached the .zip to this post.

I don't know if I need to sign it or zip it with something other than 7zip or whatever. Can someone with more experience with adb help me out with this?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Well I looked at your desc txt file, and it was a little off from what I've seen so I changed it, hope it works; and in adb do it this way, a lil faster

adb remount

adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media

adb reboot
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Towleeeie9613:
Thank you. I'm trying it now.

EDIT: I didn't work...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
I think that should work.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kd0axs:
What are you running for a ROM? If you are on a Sense based ROM, it needs to go in system/customize/resource.

Sent from my HTC EVO 4G with Tapatalk
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Towleeeie9613:
I'm running Salvage MOD 1.0. It's AOSP GB.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kd0axs:
Maybe try using root explorer to go in and replace the file. That's how I usually change boot animations. This should accomplish the same thing as using ADB push but it's worth a try.

Sent from my HTC EVO 4G with Tapatalk
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Did it work?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mumbala:
Hi,

Im keep getting crashes and boot loops on a few new roms with D2EXT D2WE im using HBoot with

i want to upgrade to Alpharev v1.8 Bravo_CM7 ... is there a new way to do or do i real have to create a gold card and so on .... anyway how to get into FASTBOOT and what are the right commands i have to type in my console on PC (win7 or ubuntu)

help !! thx in advance
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mumbala:
nvm ... soulution .iso
[Defy General] billychan123:
I was trying to root my defy with my macbook. I tried superoneclick, but it doesn't work on mac.

I tried z4root on this website [http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=833953]. But it didn't work for me as well:( it was stuck with "acquiring root shell". But on the website, it said it's compatible with defy.

Does anyone know how to root defy on a mac:confused:

Thanks a lot:)
[Defy General] technome:
Even if you could root your defy using a Mac, you'd still need Windows to run RDS lite.

Sucks, I know... but there it is.
[Defy General] MisterWB:
On my side I get root with my Mac.

I put a binary on my sdcard, next I execute this binary with adb shell from ''Terminal'' to get root.

Regarding sdb flashing, only way I know it's RSD... But it's a win32 exe.

So I use Virtualbox to launch windows over macos.

This allow me to run RSD like if I was under windows. I flash several sbf without pb !!!

It's late now, but I can put details friday if you are interested.
[Defy General] Kaffeekranz:
Being under Linux, I use sbf_flash for flashing and root the phone manually via adb.

Though I don't know about any macos alternatives.

So it's also working for Macos, great.
[Defy General] billychan123:
oh really? thanks a lot:)
[Defy General] chaihg:
Can u please put down the steps when ur free
[Defy General] technome:
Wow! I didn't know about sbf-flash.

Thanks for the heads-up.